Comments on: The Single Best Way to Sell Books (Or Lose a Sale)

By: Michelle Morrison

Michelle Morrison — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:20:21 +0000

I know this is an older post, but I had to leave a response…You have a gift for being informative and entertaining. 🙂 The samples I can download onto my Kindle from Amazon are usually sufficient in helping me decide if I want to really read a book. If I happen to be in a bookstore or browsing online, usually the first thing that catches my attention is the title, and then the blurb about the plot will tell me if it’s a book I would be interested in. A good example of an author who drives me crazy is George R.R. Martin. His plots, settings and characters are great, but he goes into SO much detail. Of course, he must be doing something right since his books sell so well and have been adapted for T.V., but I don’t think it’s necessary to describe every single thing. I think his books would still be good if they were a hundred pages or so shorter.

By: Julie Musil (@juliemusil)

Julie Musil (@juliemusil) — Sun, 11 May 2014 02:23:58 +0000

Hooked really is an amazing resource. I’ve critique first five pages, and it really does say a lot about the writing and the story to come. I’ve learned a lot from those workshops!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 02 May 2014 17:49:40 +0000

In reply to Author Kristen Lamb. In a well written piece a few errors might be forgiven. Even in genealogical research I was surprised at the number of up corrected errors that could be found.

By: Raani York

Raani York — Thu, 01 May 2014 22:03:40 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. I got some valuable information from this post, Kristen. You’re such an excellent teacher!

By: H Gibson

H Gibson — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:51:08 +0000

What’s on the other side? – just about 1,3 million words of description so far because “They did not want me there!”

By: Peter (on behalf of Skye Lotus)

Peter (on behalf of Skye Lotus) — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 01:20:44 +0000

In reply to Author Kristen Lamb.

Thanks for that feedback. We’ve gone the IngramSpark route for publishing (better reach); the cover was revealed today at http://www.booksarecool.com/2014/cover-reveal-lotus/. We’ll look into WANATribe as you suggest; thanks so much.

By: Swain

Swain — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:37:49 +0000

New to the blog but cramming my eyes full of it. Fantastic and informative reading. Thank you for being.

By: On The Run | cicampbellblog

On The Run | cicampbellblog — Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:42:10 +0000

[…] it gets into the story quicker, but does it hook the reader? Thanks to Kristen Lamb’s Blog, http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/the-single-best-way-to-sell-books-or-lose-a-sale/ , I bought Les Edgerton’s Hooked, a book about beginnings, and it’s got me thinking […]

By: Doré Bak

Doré Bak — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:37:10 +0000

The Chinese also love fish heads. Unfortunately for me, I’m the exception, being extremely allergic to most fish. As with your other posts, you bring us back to the essentials: write good books. The 5-page exercise is a good one which I need to work on more. Much appreciated and thanks.

By: burneplasmafire

burneplasmafire — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:38:51 +0000

In reply to Author Kristen Lamb.

Good point.

They had to compete with other crews to get the honour. It may be an old ship, but it’s one of a kind. I suppose it does create a pressure to live up to expectations, especially on the commander of the expedition.

At least two of the main cast had to leave family and loved ones behind, so one of the things they have to deal with is isolation, which only increases as they get further from home.

Another has difficulty forming friendships because she has a secret she doesn’t want to share, and is befriended by someone who is socially awkward for the usual reasons.

Morale suffers later on when the ship is cut off from the only known way home, and one of the main cast is incapacitated in a battle

I think I can keep coming up with situations which can’t just be fixed with technobabble and wee miracle workers.

Thanks for the advice, Kristen!